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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...all this industry instantly and absolutely cease; unyoke the oxen, call up the miners, shut down the mills, stop the vessels, stop the carts; and in twelve months' time what becomes of your property? Gone, a great part of it, like smoke into the sky. What else have we for property? Roads, of course. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...all this industry instantly and absolutely cease; unyoke the oxen, call up the miners, shut down the mills, stop the vessels, stop the carts; and in twelve months' time what becomes of your property? Gone, a great part of it, like smoke into the sky. What else have we for property? Roads, of course. Some bits of old Roman roads have lasted well, though neither Italy, nor any other country, is much the better for them to-day. But our roads have to be mended every year, or they would soon become impassable. Railroads have to be mended almost every day. Buildings are also property: Pyramids, Temples, Cathedrals, Churches, Warehouses, but especially the houses we live in. How much buildings are worth, depends upon how long they will last. To determine this, we must take the original cost of construction for a dividend, and for a divisor the percentage required to keep the buildings in good repair. Measured by this rule, the Pyramids are the best pieces of property in existence. If let alone, as they should have been, they would never have needed repairing. But of what use are they? Egyptian Temples rank next. But the Egyptian climate is exceptional. St. Peter's Church in Rome is said to have cost $48,000,000; but $30,000 have to be spent upon it every year to keep it in repair. Let it alone for fifty years, and what proportion of its original cost would any business man be willing to bid for it? How long do our dwelling-houses last? Not so very much longer than the black tents of the Bedaween. We have property also on the sea: vessels of wood and of iron. How long do they last? Where is the ship on whose deck Nelson was shot? Where is our own frigate, the Constitution f Where is the first steamboat that went up the Hudson? The upshot of the...
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New in New jacket. Lang: -eng, Pages 125. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1879). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.

New in New jacket. Lang: -eng, Pages 128. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1879). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.

New in New jacket. Lang: -eng, Pages 125. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1879). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.

New in New jacket. Lang: -eng, Pages 128. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1879). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.

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